“In a country that spends five times more to incarcerate people with SUD than it does to treat their medical condition, progress was stagnant. In 2019, an estimated 18.9 million Americans in need of treatment didn’t receive it. That’s a treatment gap of roughly 90 percent.”

“In a country that spends five times more to incarcerate people with SUD than it does to treat their medical condition, progress was stagnant. In 2019, an estimated 18.9 million Americans in need of treatment didn’t receive it. That’s a treatment gap of roughly 90 percent.”

— Beth Macy